Clone & Kill Bill in the Iowa Senate

February 7, 2007 By Shane Vander Hart

Following Governor Culver’s lead, the Iowa Senate Human Resources Committee is discussing a bill, SF 115, the “Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative”. The name and language in this bill is very misleading. What it really does is repeals the “Human Cloning Ban (Iowa Code 707B), a bipartisan piece of legislation that was signed into law by Governor Vilsack in 2002.

It then will replace that ban with a ban against “reproductive cloning”. Sounds good right? Wrong! The bill itself states:

So in other words – clone away, just don’t implant it into a mother’s womb! If SF 115 passes it will allow cloning embryonic stem cells in order to grow them for scientific research. There is no limit in this bill for the amount that could be cloned or the age they would be allowed to grow to. This is essentially a “clone and kill” bill.

Please contact your senator to ask them to oppose SF 115. Also please contact the following members of the Senate Human Resources Committee to ask them to oppose this bill:

Shane Vander Hart is the founder and editor-in-chief of Caffeinated Thoughts. He is also the President of 4:15 Communications, LLC, a social media & communications consulting/management firm. Prior to this Shane spent 20 years in youth ministry serving in church, parachurch, and school settings. He has also served as an interim pastor and is a sought after speaker and pulpit fill-in. Shane has been married to his wife Cheryl since 1993 and they have three kids. Shane and his family reside near Des Moines, IA.

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About Shane Vander Hart

Shane Vander Hart is the founder and editor-in-chief of Caffeinated Thoughts. He is also the President of 4:15 Communications, LLC, a social media & communications consulting/management firm. Prior to this Shane spent 20 years in youth ministry serving in church, parachurch, and school settings. He has also served as an interim pastor and is a sought after speaker and pulpit fill-in. Shane has been married to his wife Cheryl since 1993 and they have three kids. Shane and his family reside near Des Moines, IA.